About

Sanjiv Soni is a System Software Engineer at Apple with a unique background in working at the intersection of Data and Software. With a combination of a Computer Science (CS) background and real-world industry experience, Sanjiv is a creative problem solver who is excited to solve interesting problems in software engineering at scale. Currently, Sanjiv is working at Apple where he is responsible for designing and implementing dynamic configuration storage systems for Apple's products. Previously, he worked as a Software Engineer at Amazon, where he designed and implemented a dynamic configuration storage system for Amazon's Alexa audio mixing speech library in Java. This feature is primarily being used for reducing the time it takes to change configuration from 8 hours to 5 seconds (2000%) by separating code and config. Sanjiv deployed this feature in production at scale across all Alexa Marketplaces and is currently in use. He worked with senior members of the team and created a runtime testing framework for Alexa text to speech library. Sanjiv has also worked as a Graduate Research Fellow at USC Viterbi School of Engineering, where he designed and implemented a dynamic configuration storage system for Amazon's Alexa audio mixing speech library in Java. He worked with senior members of the team and created a runtime testing framework for Alexa text to speech library. Sanjiv holds a Master of Science in Computer Science with a Data Science specialization from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from Delhi University. He also has a High School degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Delhi Public School. Sanjiv's technical skills include Software Engineering, Java, Research Scientist, and testing. He has 2.86 years of relevant experience in the industry. Sanjiv's unique background and experience make him a valuable asset to any team he works with, and he is always looking for new challenges to solve.